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Sussex there are various memorials
and rolls of honour dedicated to those men and
women who fell in various wars. These memorials and
rolls cover many centuries in some cases, most World
War One and Two.
During
any conflict there are certain acts of bravery or
defiance that are noticeable above others. For these
acts citations and medals have been awarded.
If
anybody has information for those of the Second World
War, Boer War, or the like similar to those supplied
for the First World War then I would gladly post these
as well. |
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various memorials
and cemeteries maintained by the War Graves Commission
for the Western Front are described and pictured on
the Internet. Details of Kranji War Cemetery and Taiping
can be found in the Overseas
section. |
Some
of the cap badges
are laid out, on a separate page.
Not
all memorials were to people; there are memorials to various
types of animal that served and fell in World War I for
example, dogs. |
Please
Note: Every attempt has been made to transcribe this information
accurately but there are occasions that the information
supplied is incorrect or errors occur during transcription.
We do not wish to cause offence to any families of the men
detailed here and will change the relevant information when
informed.
Also
note that places detailed on these memorials may appear
in the wrong county. This information has been transcribed
from the records given and, as the men were parochial, the
information supplied at enlistment was the view of the men
and the county they thought they resided in.
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These
pages are available for transcripts of these memorials
and rolls of honour. If you have a transcription of,
or you are willing to transcribe, a Sussex memorial
or roll of honour for these pages then please contact
me, the email address is below.
Current
acknowledgements for assistance with these pages must
go to Christopher Comber, Janet Graves, Alan Seymour,
Guy Voice and many others - thank you all.
Thank
you,
Martin
Edwards
email:webmaster@roll-of-honour.com |
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World
War 1 & 2 - Others Selection
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Pre-1914
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To
gain an overview of all the towns and parishes covered,
and
THAT ARE BEING COVERED, by this site there is an
alphabetical index.
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is a separate statistical
overview for Sussex kindly provided by
Alan Seymour
The
following locations have been visited and
to the best of our knowledge do not have war
memorials. They are mainly very old and very
bare Churches with very plain featurless interiors.
Binstead,
Botolphs, Coombes, Didling, Earnley, Egdean,
Ford, Hardham, North Stoke, South Stoke, Southease
and Tortington. Warningcamp has no churchand
is included in Burpham. Middleton (Modern)
comes under Felpham. East Wittering is modern
but proclaims proudly that all its men returned.
Tuxlith and Binderton no longer exist.
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| THE
THIN BLUE LINE
This
site is dedicated to all the men from
the six constituent Sussex Police Forces
and the three constituent Surrey Police
Forces who fought in the First World
War. In particular it records the details
of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice
in the service of King and Country. |
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memorial
The
War Memorial at
St Paul’s Church, Brighton
The
memorial for for St Paul's Church, Brighton
is an early, simple wooden board that
lists those parishioners who died in
the 1914-1918 war. On the church website
there is a page detailing
the memorial then a page for Every
Man Remembered which includes a
series of letters from the Parish
Magazine (1915-1917) by the Vicar
of St Paul's, Fr J.E. Halliwell. |
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There
are many volunteers working on the memorials
listed here. None is more hard working than
Chris Comber the main contributor and researcher
of the Sussex pages who has now retired from
working on the memorials.
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Much
information about soldiers
who fell, were awarded medals
and more is to be found
in old copies of the London
Gazette. Here is a brief
resume:
The
London Gazette, first
published in 1665, is
the oldest, continuously
published newspaper in
the United Kingdom and
probably the world. The
London Gazette and its
sister publications, the
Edinburgh and Belfast
Gazettes, have a unique
position in British publishing.
They are official newspapers
of the Crown. The London
Gazette contains a wide
range of office notices
including State, Parliamentary
and Ecclesiastical notices,
Transport and Planning
notices as well as Corporate
and Personal Insolvency
notices to name a few.
In addition, a number
of Supplements are published
covering Honours and Awards,
Premium Bonds, Armed Forces
Promotions and Re-gradings,
Companies' information,
etc. and a Quarterly Index.
In
the 17th century, it was
believed that National
efficiency depended on
the intelligence received
by the Crown and that
the reckless publishing
of news might endanger
it. An embargo on the
printing of news other
than reports of events
abroad, natural disasters,
Royal declarations and
sensational crime continued
until 1640. This had the
effect of delaying the
development of the press
in the UK. Censorship
was introduced in 1643,
followed by licensing
of news publications.
The Gazette came about
because of two momentous
events: the Great Plague
and the decision of King
Charles II to remove his
court - effectively the
government of the time
- to Oxford. The London
Gazette started life as
the Oxford Gazette and
after a few months changed
to its current title.
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The
Maple Leaf Legacy Project
A
Millennium Project in
Remembrance of Canada's
War Dead
War
Memorials Trust
The
War Memorials Trust is a
charity dedicated to promoting
awareness of the debt we
owe to those who gave their
lives in the cause of freedom,
by ensuring that their memorials
are properly maintained
and preserved. |
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DONATIONS
This
site is maintained solely by volunteers and is funded by them as private
individuals. This includes the purchase of photographs, books, rolls of
honour plus the running costs of the site. We have always intended to
make this site free to all. If you have gained from this site then please
consider making a donation through PayPal by clicking on the donation
button. Thank you.
If
you would like to donate but not on-line then cheques can be made payable
to, and sent to:
Martin
Edwards
88 Laurel Walk
Kempston
Bedford
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